Street-car



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ISAAC TOVVELL, OF COLUMBUS, TEXAS.

STREET-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,414, dated. August9, 1881.

Application filed June 4,1881. (Model.) I

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC TOWELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Columbus, in the county of Colorado and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Street-Oars, the samebeing an improvement upon Letters Patent No. 219,039, granted to meAugust 26, 1879; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the aecom pan yin g drawings, and to theletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a bottom view of astreet-car embodying my invention. Fig. 2is a vertical longitudinalsection on the line or 00 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged view ofthe locking device.

My invention has reference to the construction of steam and otherstreet-ears, whereby the same can be readily turned around corners,having for its object the simplifying of the construction and lesseningthe cost of construction of my invention described in Letters Patenthereinbet'ore referred to and it consists in the construction of thevarious parts, as will be hereinafter more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the body of a streetcar ofany suitable construction; and B the rear axle, having its bearings inblocks secured at either side of the bottomof the car, and wheelsrigidly attached thereto.

0 represents the front axle, having two wheels rigidly attached, andprovided with bearings a b in a truck orframe,D. Theframe I) is composedof two parallel side bars, cand d, two parallel cross-bars, c and f,extending from and secured to the bars 0 and d, and two central bars, 9and h, extend from the bar 0 to the barf, to both of which they areattached.

To the bars '9 and h, in the center of the frame, is secured a disk, E,of suitable dimensions, upon which rests a disk, F, these two disksbeing secured together by a king-bolt,

- car by any suitable means.

G, and the diskF secured to the bottom of the This form of constructionprovides for the revolution of the frame.

The front ends of the bars 0 and (Z are provided with clips i and k, towhich are bolted the eyes of rods H and I, that extend a suitabledistance forward to the front end of the car, converging to the ends ofa lever, K, to which they are attached. The lever K is secured to, ormay form a part of, a vertical rod, L, that is stepped in a bracket, M,and extends through the bottom of the front platform of the car,terminating in a cross-bar, N, that gives abundant leverage.

0n the platform of the car a plate, 0, is secured, through which the rodLpasses. Im' mediately abovc this plate the rod L has a serrated sector,Q, secured to it, formingaeollar to bear upon the plate 0 and assist insustaining the rod, and extending to the end of the plate, where theserrations engage with the end of a lever, I suitably located andarranged to be operated by the foot of the driver.

In operating this device, as the car approaches a curve, the lever Pshould be raised and the wheels set for the curve, when the lever may bedropped into place again.

In the drawings accompanying this application I have shown my deviceapplied to but one end of a car; but it is manifest that it may beapplied to both ends when desired.

I-Iavingthus described my invention, I desire to secure by LettersPatent A street-ear truck or frame, D, formed of parallel side bars, 0and d, cross-bars c andf, bars g and h, disks E and F, and king-bolt Gr,substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the rod L, lever K, rods H and I, bracket M, andtruck D, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of the rod L, plate 0, sector Q, and lever P,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC TOWELL.

Witnesses:

HERM. LAUTEN, JOSEPH FORREST.

